[NTLUG:Discuss] browsercam group action on fundable.org

[Patrick R. Michaud]

I'm writing this to invite NTLUG members to join into my group 
action to purchase a BrowserCam account.  It's a bit more web-oriented
than Linux-oriented (so possible a little off-topic for this list;
feel free to skip this message if you aren't into creating or
designing web pages.  :-)

For those who aren't familiar with BrowserCam, it's a website 
(http://www.browsercam.org) that makes it easy to see how a
web page will appear in many different browsers.  Basically,
you submit the url you want to have captured, and BrowserCam 
performs a sequence of screen captures in various browsing 
environments such as IE 5.5, 6, 7, Firefox/Windows, Firefox/Linux, 
Opera, Safari, Netscape, etc.  The screen captures are then presented
in a gallery so it's easy to see how a web page is appearing in
multiple different browsers.

Normally BrowserCam can be quite expensive for an individual
subscription -- $60/month.  However, through a special deal with 
fundable.org, it's possible to get a group account for $500/year 
that will support up to 20 separate logins.  Thus each person
ends up paying $25 per year instead of $65 per month.

I had a BrowserCam account for a year that I obtained through a
fundable.org group action, and with the web development I do 
I easily got my $25 out of it.  However, the group I was with
earlier doesn't appear to be renewing, so I've started my
own fundable.org group action to get another one-year subscription
to BrowserCam.  The url for this is

   http://www.fundable.org/groupactions/browsercam-2006-09-pm

Fundable is designed to provide a safe way to allow groups of
people to pool money to purchase things.  Each person pledges
a certain amount of money ($25 in this case), but nobody is
actually charged until the purchase is fully funded.  Thus, if
the group fails to collect enough money for the purchase,
nobody is out any money.

However, we've already gotten 15 of the 20 pledges we need, so
there's little chance it won't be funded -- it's just a matter
of when.  

If you want to know more about BrowserCam, take a look at
http://www.browsercam.com/ .  They have a free 30-day trial
available.  

To join the group action, just make a $25 pledge (payable
by either PayPal or credit card) at

   http://www.fundable.org/groupactions/browsercam-2006-09-pm

Once we have all of the pledges, I'll get in touch with browsercam
to get the account and distribute login names and passwords to each
person in the group.

Again, there's only five slots left; once those are taken the
action is closed.  So if you're interested, don't delay.  :-)

Thanks,

Pm